Public utilities provide electric, gas, water or telephone service to customers in a specified area. Utilities have a duty to provide safe and adequate service on reasonable terms to anyone who lives within the service area on without discriminating between customers. Because most utilities operate in near monopolistic conditions, they can be heavily regulated by local, state, and federal authorities. Generally, the local and state agencies are called Public Service Commissions (PSC) or Public Utility Commissions (PUC). Municipal Utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives may be unregulated though.
Reddell is an unincorporated community in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located approximately two miles north of Mamou along Louisiana Highway 13. Reddell has a post office, grocery store, and one of the largest rice drier elevators in the state.